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  • June

    LAS VEGAS -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's Nellis Resident Office recently completed a solar panel project at the Bureau of Land Management's fire station at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area near Las Vegas. The new photovoltaic system is capable of generating 40 KWAC to provide power for all the buildings on the facility.

    District brings “green” power to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

    LAS VEGAS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Nellis Resident Office recently completed a solar power project for the Bureau of Land Management at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. “The new photovoltaic system is capable of producing an average of 40 KWAC of electricity,” said Viet Q. Tran, project engineer at the Nellis office. “The calculated full load requirement to support the fire station is 38.6 KW; therefore, this solar system is designed to fully support the full load requirement.”
  • The United States Army celebrates its 237th birthday June 14, 2012.

    Happy 237th Birthday U.S. Army!

    The United States Army celebrates its 237th birthday June 14. Recognizing the need for a professional American force, the nation's leaders established the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, beginning the Army's rich heritage of successfully defending the country and her citizens.
  • Michael Siu, the senior civil engineer at Prado Dam in Corona, Calif., welcomes math, science and technology students from Roosevelt High School, to the dam June 4 to learn its purpose and benefits and why the dam was constructed at that location. Read more: http://www.dvidshub.net/image/595934/stem-up-visits-prado-dam#ixzz1xE8ZTjNT

    Prado Dam hosts potential future engineers

    The number and types of engineers America’s education system is preparing for the nation’s future is often an active and energetic discussion among the Department of Defense, educators and the scientific community. It was also an active discussion June 4 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District hosted nearly 30 students from Los Angeles Roosevelt High School for a day at Prado Dam, giving them a close-up look at the dam and how it operates, and at part of the process involved in implementing a project.
  • Maj. Gen. Richard Thomas (right) from the Army's Western Medical Command speaks with Brig. Gen. Mike Wehr, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division commander, during groundbreaking ceremonies held May 30. The 216,000 square-foot Weed Army Community Hospital is to be the first net-zero, carbon neutral medical facility in the nation.

    Corps breaks ground for replacement hospital project

    Groundbreaking ceremonies held May 30 marked the start of construction for a replacement to Ft. Irwin’s Weed Army Community Hospital, built more than 40 years ago.

  • May

    WASHINGTON -- Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick addresses the audience after assuming the role as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general and chief of engineers during a ceremony at Fort Lesley J. McNair, May 22, 2012.

    Bostick assumes command of Corps

    Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick became the 53rd U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general and U.S. Army chief of engineers during an assumption of command ceremony May 22 at Baruch Auditorium, Fort Lesley J. McNair.
  • The District's new Emergency Command and Control Vehicle, operated by Alex Watt, made its debut appearance at the City of Torrance's 53rd Annual Armed Forces Day Celebration May 19 and was led by the District's commander, Col. Mark Toy, wife May, daughter Kayla and son Brandon. The Toys carried the District's banner, followed by the ECCV, Fany Anderson of the District's safety office and Bobber the Water Safety Dog, along the two-mile parade route.

    District returns to Armed Forces Day in Torrance

    The Los Angeles District returned to the City of Torrance to participate in its 53rd Annual Armed Forces Day Celebration here May 19.
  • Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, is briefed by Resident Engineer Mike Siu on construction work by the Corps at Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos during a visit May 18. District Commander Col. Mark Toy (far left) and Military Programs Branch Chief Debra Ford (far right) look on. Bostick is set to become the 53rd Chief of Engineers and commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers May 22.

    District welcomes next Corps commander

    The Los Angeles District welcomed Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, currently the U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, during his visit here May 18.
  • Corps contractors construct the second of two new 4-million-gallon water reservoirs May 11 at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The new water tanks support a population of more than 18,000 military, family members, contractors and civilian employees at the base.

    Building big for water at Vandenberg

    Vandenberg Air Force Base is currently home to the second largest reinforced concrete dome in the world. By summer's end, they may have some bragging rights anyway; a twin is on the way.
  • Child Development Center Director Verna Brown (left), Col. Paul McArthur, 30th Space Wing vice commander, Rep. Lois Capps and Col. Kelly Kirts, 30th Mission Support Group commander, cut the ribbon to the new CDC May 11. The $9.7 million, 23,390-square-foot facility consolidates the CDC's operations into one building while nearly doubling the floor space of the previous facilities.

    Corps completes Vandenberg Child Development Center

    VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Rep. Lois Capps joined Vandenberg family members and senior
  • Quana Higgins, a lead planner in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, received the first Kevin Inada Employee of the Quarter award during a ceremony held at the District headquarters May 4.

    Inaugural award presented to District employee

    A lead planner in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Arizona-Nevada Area Office received the first Kevin Inada Employee of the Quarter award during a ceremony held at the District headquarters May 4.
  • In all 4,000 volunteers spread out over 15 community sites to remove tons of debris from the river’s channel during the Friends of the LA River’s 23rd Annual La Gran Limpieza: The Great Los Angeles River CleanUp on April 28.

    Los Angeles River: location, location, location

    The area adjacent to Rio de Los Angeles State Park was one of three sites featured for informational talks given by key stakeholders during the Friends of the LA River’s 23rd Annual La Gran Limpieza: The Great Los Angeles River CleanUp on April 28. In all, 4,000 volunteers spread out over 15 community sites to remove tons of debris from the river’s channel.
  • A clamshell dredge begins a five-month project May 2 to remove up to 350,000 cubic yards of material from the federal channel in Newport Harbor, Calif. The Port of Long Beach will use about one-third of the dredged material for its middle harbor redevelopment project.

    Maintenance dredging project will restore federal channels in lower Newport Harbor

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began a five-month, $6.5 million maintenance dredging project May 2 when a clamshell dredge started removing up to 350,000 cubic yards of material in an effort to restore safe navigation to federal channels in lower Newport Harbor.
  • Kevin Wohlmut (left), a planner in the Coastal Studies Group for the Corps' Los Angeles District, discusses Tijuana River watershed issues with district commander Col. Mark Toy during a break at a meeting hosted April 19 by the International Boundary and Water Commission at the Tijuana River Estuary Visitors Center in Imperial Beach, Calif.

    International Commission Takes a Look at the Tijuana River

    “It’s not the fences that matter, it’s the gates,” Dave Gibson told attendees at the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission collaborative meeting held April 19 at the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve in Imperial Beach, Calif.
  • An environmental restoration project will remove 50,000 cubic yards of material from a marsh at the mouth of the Santa Ana River, improving degraded habitat that has adversely affected endangered species that use it as a nesting gound.

    Public takes a look at Santa Ana River Marsh study

    A proposed project to remove 50,000 cubic yards of material from a tidal marsh took an important step April 30 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presented and sought public input on the project’s environmental assessment during a meeting held at Newport Beach, Calif.
  • David Rodriguez (left) speaks with Louis "Dutch" Bonnet and Col. Mike Wehr, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division commander (who has since been promoted to Brig. Gen. since the time this image was taken) during Wehr's visit in November 2011 to the Tres Rios Ecosystem Restoration Project in Phoenix. Rodriguez recently received a commission as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy Reserves.

    District employee dons Navy blue and gold

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District now has a new Navy Reserve officer in its ranks of civilian employees. David Rodriguez, a field engineer with the District’s Arizona-Nevada Area Office, recently received his commission in the Reserves.

  • April

    Dr. Swaminathan Krishman and his colleagues at the California Institute of Technology are trying to answer a critical question. What is going to happen to modern, tall buildings when an event like a 7.9 magnitude quake happens? Krishman spoke during a "brown bag" luncheon held for professional development and, on occasions like this, to inform employees so they are better prepared for the “big one.”

    Earthquakes should have a season

    Maybe the experts are saying: it’s always earthquake season. What is going to happen to modern, tall buildings when an event like a 7.9 magnitude quake happens?
  • To raise public awareness about the danger of un-exploded ordnance, a team of Corps employees and contract partners have set up shop at numerous special events in what was once the California-Arizona Maneuver Area.The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series event at the Lake Elsinore Motorsports Complex gave them access to roughly 12 thousand fans and avid off-roaders. The lake is in proximity to the C-AMA and during World War II it was used by amphibious airplanes as a training ground.

    Patton’s desert training area everyone’s playground now

    The Formerly Used Defense Sites program wants you and your family to get acquainted with the 3Rs; recognize, retreat and report.
  • More than 50 million gallons of water a day flows through this and other "waterfalls" in the Tres Rios Flow Regulating Wetlands and into the Salt River from the 91st Ave. Wastewater Treatment Facility. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers partnered with the City of Phoenix to build the riparian habitat in Phoenix's West Valley.

    Building Green

    As the Nation’s Environmental Engineer, we manage one of the largest federal environmental missions in the United States, touching the lives of nearly every American. The challenges facing the Corps are enormous, everything from sustainable design and energy security to ecosystem restoration.
  • Jonathan Guerrero, a Corps study manager, answers students' questions during "If the Shoe Fits," an annual career day held March 30, at Patrick Henry High School in San Diego.

    Corps participates in Career Day

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District continued its support to area secondary schools March 30, by participating in a career day at San Diego’s Patrick Henry High School.
  • Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District team and their families recite the Pledge of Allegiance before the 2012 Engineer Day Celebration held in Phoenix at the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park April 6. The Arizona-Nevada Area Office holds the celebration earlier than the official June timeframe in order to allow for more participation before the Arizona summer sets in.

    Arizona-Nevada team members enjoy Engineer Day

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Arizona-Nevada Area Office held its annual Engineer Day Celebration April 6 at the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Phoenix.